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The northern cities and Anoka County have met to discuss the proposed MRCCA <br />(Mississippi River Critical Corridor Area) district classifications and proposed district <br />boundaries that were developed by the DNR with assistance from the National Park <br />Service. Because of the general nature of the district descriptions, it is not possible at <br />this point to determine and therefore comment on potential specific restrictions for. <br />uses, development, utilities (roadways, sewer and water, electric, etc.), stormwater <br />control, vegetation and erosion control). <br />The following principles were developed from those meetings and are supported by the - <br />cities of Anoka, Brooklyn Park, Champlin, Coon Rapids, Dayton, Fridley and Ramsey and <br />Anoka County: <br />• The rule making process should result in a framework of guidelines for <br />developing regulations and should not prescribe specific standards. The rules <br />shall authorize decision making by the local unit of government, which is <br />consistent with the authority granted under the statues for planning and zoning. <br />.: Existing and future public and private property owners must not be unnecessarily <br />burdened by prescriptive standards. <br />• The regulations must not remove property rights for accessory use of the <br />shoreline, i. e. docks, recreational use, vegetation and erosion control, etc. <br />• The standards must not regulate surface water use. <br />• The district standards must provide for outdoor recreation opportunities, parks <br />. and leisure services for the public. <br />• The district standards must accommodate public and private access to the river. <br />It is assumed that districts that include properties of `suburban character' also <br />include private water access (e. g. docks) for riparian properties. <br />• The allowed densities need to be consistent with a community's approved <br />comprehensive plan and adopted zoning ordinance.'Rural densities' in the north <br />segment of the corridor are much different than 'rural densities' in the townships <br />that are in the southern end of the MRCCA corridor. <br />27 <br />